MACAULAY, Parnell Ignatius

The funeral for Parnell Ignatius MacAulay was held on Saturday, June 30, 2018 from Dingwell Funeral Home to St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Souris, P.E. Mass was presided over by Fr. Jim Willick and concelebrant was Fr. Joseph Maddala. Fr. Willick proclaimed the Gospel and delivered the Homily. The pall was placed on the casket by Lorraine Gillan and Lynda MacAulay. The Eucharistic ministers were Ann MacAulay and Evelyn MacKenzie. Cross bearer was Justin MacKinnon. Altar servers were Frankie McIntosh, George Mullally and Jim MacDonald. The readings were proclaimed by Jolene Sharkey, Kelsey MacAulay and Judy Hennessey led the congregation in the Prayers of the Faithful. The processional “Ashokin Farewell” was played by special musicians Andrew Chaisson and Gary Arsenault. St. Mary’s Church choir under the direction of Bill Matthews sang the entrance hymn “Be Not Afraid”, offertory hymn “Only A Shadow” and the communion hymn “I Am The Bread Of Life”. Post communion hymn “God Of The Mountain” was sung by soloist Gary Arsenault, accompanied by Andrew Chaisson on fiddle. Recessional “For My Mother Dear” followed by “Stone Frigate and Fox Hunters” were played by Andrew Chaisson and Gary Arsenault. Representatives from MacIntyre House, Harbourview Training Center, Colville Manor and Souris Hospital were present. Pallbearers were brothers Merlin MacAulay, Albert MacAulay, Ernest MacAulay, Leon MacAulay, Richard MacAulay, and Kevin MacAulay.Honorary pallbearers were everyone present. Interment took place in the St. Mary’s Church Cemetery, Souris, P.E.

Marcia Chambers, a reporter who covered high-profile crimes for The Associated Press and The New York Times, wrote a book about discrimination by golf clubs and later in life founded an online news site covering her Connecticut hometown, has died. She was 78.

Chambers, of Branford, died July 13 at a New Haven hospital. Her sister, Janice Kabel, said Thursday she had an aggressive form of cancer, uterine leiomyosarcoma.

“She loved the thrill of reporting,” Kabel said. “She loved the thrill of newsrooms, of being out in the streets holding that little reporter’s notebook. She had a really good way of getting behind the scenes and getting extra detail.”

Chambers, born Marcia Goldstein, grew up in Brooklyn and Queens in New York City, graduated from City College and taught English at public schools before her journalism career.

She joined the AP in New York in 1971 and covered the shootings of mobsters Joe Colombo and Joey Gallo. She moved to the Times in 1973 and during a 14-year career there wrote about the trials of David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam serial killer; the kidnappers of media heiress Patty Hearst; and John Mitchell and Maurice Stans, two members of President Richard Nixon’s cabinet, the Times reported.

She left the Times in 1987 to write for the National Law Journal and later earned a master’s degree in law at Yale Law School, the Times reported. She met her husband, Yale law professor Stanton Wheeler, who died in 2007, at the Ivy League school in New Haven.

In the late 1980s, she also began contributing to Golf Digest and wrote a series of articles on discrimination against women and black players at private golf clubs, which won an award from the American Bar Association.

The series would lead to Chambers’ 1995 book, “The Unplayable Lie: The Untold Story of Women and Discrimination in Golf.”

Chambers also taught journalism at several universities. At Yale Law School, she was a research scholar and adviser to the school’s journalism program.

In 2006, she founded The Branford Eagle online local news site, a sister publication of the New Haven Independent site. She covered news in her hometown and was doing work for the Eagle up until two days before her death, said Paul Bass, editor of the Independent.

“She had ink in her veins like the classic reporter,” Bass said. “Marcia was interested in the news, people and systems and she wasn’t hung up on prestige. And she was able to change with the times. She was a gem.”

Funeral and burial services will be private. A public memorial service is being planned, Kabel said.